“[There are] a lot of negative feelings about them. We will be stopping prank calls indefinitely on our show.”

Stevens is the female half of Kiah and Tara Jean, a popular duo that recently moved to Jack-FM from Virgin Radio 95.3.

While on Virgin, Kiah Tucker made a prank call to a local dentist’s office, which complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. In July the Council found that the call had violated the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics because it had been broadcast “without obtaining the consent of the recipient.”

Their decision follows worldwide outrage at Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who phoned the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated.

The hosts impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, and after their prank call was broadcast, the nurse that had put the call through died, an apparent suicide.

Greig expressed remorse at the death of Jacintha Saldanha to the Australian TV show A Current Affair.

“There’s not a minute that goes by that we don’t think about her family and what they must be going through,” said Greig, her voice shaking. “And the thought that we may have played a part in that is gut-wrenching.”

Greig and Christian’s show has been terminated by Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of their station, 2DayFM. The company also announced a companywide suspension of prank calls. The DJs are also suspended.